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Pollution Prevention
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P2 Awarded Grants
Purpose: to help build and support State Pollution Prevention programs
and to test innovative P2 approaches and methodologies.
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| Grantee | Project Description | Amount | Grantee Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiscal Year 2000 Awards | |||
| California Dept. of Health Services | Waste Reduction in California Hospitals: This will continue DHS' work demonstrating waste reduction at six San Francisco Bay Area hospitals. DHS is focusing on reduction of mercury, solid waste and medical waste at hospitals. Preliminary P2 assessments are complete. Six hospitals are starting implementation. | $100,000 | Jack McGurk (916) 323-3023 |
| Lodi Woodbridge Winegrape Commission | Integrated Farm Planning: Goal is to expand current Integrated Farm Planning (IFP) implementation to entire crush district. Using the self-assessment manual and technical assistance process developed in FY99-2000, they will assist approximately 50 growers to develop and implement farm action plans based on the workbook; measure implementation; and disseminate the approach and results. | $71,000 | Cliff Ohmart (209) 367-4727 |
| California Dept. of Toxic Substances Control | Safer Cleaning Alternatives for Lithographic Printers: This project aims to work with lithographic printers in Southern California to identify, test and implement alternative cleaning agents for cleaning on-press components. | $59,000 (plus $21K P2 Discret., total $80,000) | Robert Ludwig (916) 324-2659 |
| University of California (Grant Increase) | Biologically Integrated Farming systems (BIFS); a voluntary approach to agricultural Pollution Prevention. UC runs a competitive grant program to extend the concepts of the award-winning BIOS (Biologically Integrated Orchard System) program to other agricultural commodities. | $40,000 | Carol Berman (510) 987-0050 |
| University of Nevada, Reno | Small Business Development Center P2 Program. Compliance and P2 assistance via hotline, seminars, on-sites, newsletters. Areas of program emphasis include automotive and fleet maintenance, hospitality, environmental management systems, and metal finishing. | $100,000 | Kevin Dick (702) 689-6677 |
| Western Nevada Community College | NV STAR: provides demonstration lab and training for auto body finishers on more efficient painting techniques. | $13,500 | Mike Hill (775) 445-4424 |
| University of California (Santa Cruz) | Biological Agriculture Systems in Cotton. Supports the demonstration of bio-intensive integrated pest management and organic methods for growing cotton in California. UCSC will track the agronomic, environmental and economic differences between BASIC and conventionally grown cotton. | $91,000 | Lynne Vanderkamp (831) 459-4115 |
| Arizona Department of Environmental Quality | Arizona Pollution Prevention Leadership Enhancement (APPLE). This installment of ADEQ's grant extends efforts to PBT sources, auto repair, and green building. It continues ongoing workshops, clearinghouse, awards, sector activities, and regulatory integration efforts. | $50,000 | Sandra Eberhardt (602) 207-4210 |
| Grantee | Project Description | Amount | Grantee Contact |
| Fiscal Year 1999 Awards | |||
| California Dept. of Health Services | Waste Reduction in California Hospitals. In support of EPA's Memorandum of Understanding with the American Hospital Association, DHS will pilot P2 strategies at 4-6 hospitals in the San Francisco Bay Area. The project is aimed particularly at the reduction of mercury, solid waste, and medical waste. DHS will also develop a P2 awards/recognition program for hospitals demonstrating leadership in waste reduction. | $100,000 | Jack McGurk (916) 323-3023 email: jmcgurk@dhs.ca.gov |
| California Dept. of Toxic Substances Control | Local P2 Assistance programs. This will continue DTSC's leadership in assisting the over 100 local providers of P2 technical assistance. | $105,000 | Robert Ludwig (916) 324-2659 rludwig@dtsc.ca.gov |
| California State Water Resources Control Board | Metal Finishers Assistance. The project transitions EPA Region 9's metal finishing technical assistance program to state hands. Grant funds will be directed at a contract which will hire technical expertise. | $80,000 | Gordan Innes (916) 657-1042 email: inneg@dwq.swrcb.ca.gov |
| University of California (Santa Cruz) | Biological Agriculture Systems in Cotton. Supports the production of organic cotton in California through intensive local demonstrations of organic growing plus marketing the cotton to major manufacturers. | $92,400 | Lynne Vanderkamp (831) 459-4115 |
| University of California | Biologically Integrated Farming systems (BIFS); a voluntary approach to agricultural Pollution Prevention. This project will extend the concepts of the award-winning BIOS (Biologically Integrated Orchard System) program to other agricultural commodities. | $92,100 | Carol Berman (510) 987-0050 |
| Grantee | Project Description | Amount | Grantee Contact |
| Fiscal Year 1998 Awards | |||
| Arizona Department of Environmental Quality | Arizona Pollution Prevention Leadership Enhancement (APPLE). This installment of ADEQ's grant extends efforts to PBT sources and partners with University of Arizona for an IPM project for cotton farmers, It continues ongoing workshops, clearinghouse, awards, sector activities, and regulatory integration efforts. | $92,374 | Sandra Eberhardt (602) 207-4210 web: http://www.azdeq.gov/index.html  |
| California Integrated Waste Management Board | Scientific Peer Review of Alternatives to Common Household Chemical Products. The project is an effort to gather and review scientific information on human health and environmental effects and efficacy of common alternatives to commercial household chemical products. Selected alternatives undergo review; summaries are placed on the Internet where Technical Advisory Committee members prepare comments. A statement of findings is prepared to complete the process. | $71,529 | Shirley Willd-Wagner (916) 255-2343 www.peerreview.com |
| University of Nevada, Reno | Small Business Development Center P2 Program. The grant will continue funding for the NV SBDC's P2 assistance program. Areas of program emphasis include automotive and heavy equipment maintenance, fire assay and mining P2, and gaming/hospitality. | $200,000 | Kevin Dick (702) 689-6677 email: dick@unr.educ web: http://www.nsbdc.org/ |
| University of California NP999958 |
Biologically Integrated Farming systems (BIFS); a voluntary approach to agricultural Pollution Prevention. This project will extend the concepts of the award-winning BIOS (Biologically Integrated Orchard System) program to other agricultural commodities. | $109,663 | Carol Berman (510) 987-0050 |
| Grantee | Project Description | Amount | Grantee Contact |
| Fiscal Year 1997 Awards | |||
| California Integrated Waste Management Board | "Integrated Pollution Prevention Business Assessments" CIWMB, with its partners, will focus on Northern California printers in an effort to decrease waste and improve efficiency. On-site technical assistance will be provided aimed at reducing air, water, and solid wastes. | $100,000 | Terri Cronin (916) 255-2499 |
| California Department of Toxic Substances Control | "Environmentally Preferable Building Maintenance Chemicals" focuses on the chemicals used in offices, hotels, schools and other buildings -- those used in cooling towers, heating systems, elevators, building exteriors, and elsewhere, and janitorial chemicals. The project partners will evaluate Pollution Prevention alternatives that are available, develop outreach materials, and present them through workshops and on-site assistance. | $56,550 | Arvind Shah (ashah@dtsc.ca.gov) (916) 322-0489 web: Western Regional Pollution Prevention Network Janitorial Pollution Prevention Project (JP4) |
| California Department of Toxic Substances Control | "Western Regional Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse" The proposal will staff the Pollution Prevention Technical Information Clearinghouse with retired engineers, who will be able to provide the over 100 Pollution Prevention providers in the Region with technical information, research services, and publications. | $130,000 | David Hartley (916) 324-1815 email: DHartley@dtsc.ca.gov web: http://westp2net.org/ |
| California Department of Toxic Substances Control NP999730 |
"Local Government Pollution Prevention Programs" will fund information transfer to local P2 programs, promoting multi-agency outreach and coordination, Pollution Prevention Week, annual local government P2 conferences, and C2P2C support. It will also initiate P2 training and communication with CUPAs, Certified Unified Program Agencies. | $121,771 | Robert Ludwig (916) 324-2659 email: rludwig@dtsc.ca.gov web: http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PollutionPrevention/index.cfm |
| Grantee | Project Description | Amount | Grantee Contact |
| Fiscal Year 1996 Awards | |||
| California Energy Commission | Training Row Crop Farmers on the Use of Pest Break Strips. This project will train farmers about pest break strips, a technique to reduce pest pressure by creating habitats for beneficial insects. A model farm has already been developed. The project would recruit farmers and students who will be field-trained in the techniques of pest break utilization, and pass the information on to others. | $30,080 | Ricardo Amon (916) 654-4019 |
| California Department of Water Resources | Agricultural Ecosystem Management Mobile Labs Pilot Project. The project will expand the existing Mobile Lab program in the Rainbow Creek watershed (San Diego County) to conduct field tests of irrigation systems. The Labs have the overall objectives that include reducing runoff by 1/3, reduce pesticide spraying by 20%, and monitoring nitrogen content in the river or creek once a month during the dry season and weekly during the rainy season. | $50,000 | Charlie Pike (916) 327-1649 |
| California Department of Pesticide Regulation | "Alternatives to Methyl Bromide" will create a coordinated planning and demonstration program for the California grape industry, seeking to replace methyl bromide soil treatment with environmentally and economically sound integrated pest management (IPM) methods. Once all potential alternatives have been identified, DPR will recruit a group of growers willing to implement on-farm trials and to communicate the results of those trials throughout the target group. The grantee will perform on-site demonstrations, organize grower technical assistance workshops, and disseminate educational materials about potential alternatives. In addition, DPR will design, implement, and monitor on-farm comparative trials testing the effectiveness of alternative methods and share information on successful alternative technologies through educational materials and field days. | $100,000 | Paul Gosselin (916) 445-3984 |
| Grantee | Project Description | Amount | Grantee Contact |
| Fiscal Year 1995 Awards | |||
| California Department of Pesticide Regulation | Creation of a three-year cooperative outreach program to prevent ground water pollution by pesticides in grape and citrus producing areas of Tulare and Fresno counties. The program will be implemented jointly by DPR, University of California Extension, growers, local agricultural officials, and industry. Best agricultural pest management practices for groundwater protection will be demonstrated in field sites, including pesticide source reduction strategies based on site-specific integrated pest management approaches. | $160,000 | Peter Stoddard (916) 324-4078 |
| Hawaii Dept. of Health Services | Development and implementation of a restaurant P2 program. Project addresses grease in the sewer system, water and energy use, solid wastes, and air quality issues through a series of workshops throughout the state. | $54,000 | Carrie McCabe (808) 586-4243 |
| University of California | Reduction of pesticide pollution through training of pesticide use decision makers. The funds will be used to develop study materials and examination questions to set standards for a new generation of Pest Control Advisers (PCAs). PCAs are licensed by the state as the only parties authorized to approve commercial application of a pesticide on a farm or landscape. The 4000 PCAs in the state serve at least 40,000 growers. Despite the importance of these practitioners, no good text on Integrated Pest Management exists which is targeted at this audience. The IPM Education and Publications office of the University of California Statewide IPM Project will develop these study materials | $160,210 | Mary Louise Flint (916) 752-7692 |